HIVIZ FASTDOT Sight Set - SPONSORED

This pistol has a set of hi vis fast dot sites on them. Now, we know that when it comes to defensive shooting, the marksmanship problem usually isn't going to be that much of a challenge. We don't need a, a set of target sites or micro adjustments to be made to be able to get the hits that we usually will need to get if we're trying to defend ourselves or others. When we need to, when we think about hitting a chest at 10 to 15 ft, most people are going to do that with kinesthetic alignment, consistent grip on the gun, consistent positioning in, in power with line of sight, uh decent trigger press, we're gonna get those hits. But if the level of precision goes higher than that, then we're probably going to need a visual reference to the alignment of the gun. Usually that's gonna be a notch and blade rear sight. Or more recently, a lot of people are putting red dot sites on their pistol. We've talked about red dot sites, their potential advantages in defensive shooting situations, but also the costs that come with them and cost in terms of modifying a gun and things like that. Hi, Viz is now offering the fast dot As a solution that lands somewhere between a traditional notch and blade site set up and a red dot being added to your defensive pistol. As you can see this, these are set up just like regular sites. So we're using the dovetail and in this case, we're using the screw attachment for the glock style firearm. Um, the site should be available for dovetail, front and rear for popular pistols. By the time you're seeing this video and I want to talk to you about exactly what's happening here. What's happening is um Hi Vis is taking their, their light tube technology that the fiber optic technology, no batteries involved here and giving you a stop and a go. So basically when I drive this gun out in, in parallel with my line of sight, if I can see the red circle of the front sight that's telling me stop. The gun is not aligned with where I'm looking. If however, I see the green light of the rear sight right in my eyes or one eye, whichever one happens to be behind the gun more likely, then I know that I am go. I am aligned with my line of sight and I can superimpose that green circle over the target to get the hit I need to get. Now there's always gonna be a compromise between the the per percentage of of shots we're gonna be able to make it a very high level of precision and the speed with which we can align at a lower level of precision. This is definitely on the speedier end of the visually referenced aiming solutions. Now, there's a lens back here that makes sure that I can only really see a bright green with a light that's collected by the fiber optic. And this does work in low light. Of course, I'm out in the sun today. So it's gonna be very bright if I can see the green, that means the lens is directly in front of my eye. If the gun is misaligned, I won't see the bright green. And again, I'll see that red. So I'm getting actually two different ways to know whether or not I'm aligned. If I see the red, I'm not aligned. If I don't see the green, I'm not aligned. Let's take a look and see how it works. So I've got one of our balance of speed and precision targets set up here. I'll put my eye protection on and we're gonna do this kind of our standard drive out and hit the chest. So again, kinesthetic alignment, not really worried about visual reference, just to confirm that this isn't getting in the way of anything drive the gun out and I get those hits. Now, I saw a little red when I first came out there, I saw a flash of green or two while I was shooting in my field of vision, but it didn't distract me from just doing my normal kin aesthetically aligned shooting. Let's say that I want to transition to a headshot. That's when I'd normally be looking for the sites. If I drive out, I have green means go and can't get much better than that. We might also need to take a shot at a chest size target that's further away, significantly further away than a normal defensive shooting distance. So we've got a chest size plate. I think it's about a 12 inch plate set up at about 20 yards. And let's see how the, the fast dot does there? I drive out, I look for the green and I got what, three out of five and it looks like the shots went high. So let's talk about that. First of all, one of the things we need to know is that the vast majority of our defensive shooting situations are going to occur well, within 20 yards. When I lined up on this chest, it is drove out kinesthetic to shoot. I had no problem whatsoever. Again, I'm not looking at the gun. We'll check the gun again to make sure that it's clear. I drive out. I'm not really looking at the gun right now. If I'm looking at the leaves over on the burb, I see red, I see green. I'm just kind of ignoring that. Focused on what I'm focused on. That's how I got those first three hits on the chest. No problem transitioning to a headshot. Now, I'm trying to get rid of the red and I'm looking for the green. Now, I've got the green. I take that shot. Obviously, no problem there going out to that further target when I drive out, you know, one of the things you have to remember is that if the target is bigger than your visual reference point right now, this isn't as much the same with like a ring. If I'm looking at a ring and a red dot I can put the target in the middle of the ring and I'm ok. But as I drive out here, I am covering about half of the size of that plate with the sites. Now, if I had uh like uh the, the, the circles, the, the circles of the dots that you see out here on the front that just sit in a wedge, I'd be covering the whole thing up, I'd have no chance of getting a hit. But by covering it up, uh by being able to cover up the red with the green and then put it where I ended up holding, it was low on that target once I held low. Um I got those three shots, you see the first one hit pretty high. So my chances are that those misses went high. So figuring out the alignment on a, on a set of sites to figure out where you're holding is, of course, is important. And if you think about holding low, if I'd have more of a six o'clock, hold, um, on that target. Well, then I was getting those hits consistently. So, understanding how your sites work and understanding what your sites are made for, of course, is part of being responsibly armed when it comes to the fast dot Hivid sites. Obviously, I'm just getting to know them, just checking them out. I think they do fit that middle ground. Right. We're talking about, uh, do I wanna put a red dot on the gun? I don't know. I look at when I'd get an advantage from that. Is it faster? Well, it's not faster up close, but it is faster when it lets me shoot something, I can't shoot further away. The fast dot is designed to be quicker in terms of acquisition. Ultimately, it still comes back down to knowing your site, knowing what your site picture is supposed to look like. And then having that good, smooth fundamental trigger press behind it. Uh, for close quarters work. The fast dot Seems like a good option for a defensive carry pistol.